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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Sen. John Ensign (-Nevada) - Earmarks Requested
Resigned
Alternate Name: John Eric Ensign

 
AllSoloWith Other Members
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     10 $12,454,000
With Other Members          92 $261,356,880
All Congressional                102 $273,810,880
All Sponsored Earmarks      108* $634,347,880*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Massively Parallel Optical Interconnects for Battlespace Information Exchange
(Defense)
$3,900,000 Sen. Harry Reid (-NV) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Massively Parallel Optical Interconnects for Microsatellite Applications
(Defense)
$3,200,000 Sen. Harry Reid (-NV) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2009 Massively Parallel Optical Interconnects (MPOI) for ISR Satellites
(Defense)
$1,600,000 No additional sponsors indicated Unknown Location
View earmark details 2009 MLRS Disposal System
(Defense)
$3,000,000 Sen. Harry Reid (-NV) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2010 MLRS Disposal System
(Defense)
$2,500,000 Sen. Harry Reid (-NV) Hawthorne, Nevada Hawthorne Army Depot (Nev.)
View earmark details 2008 Nathan Adelson Hospice, Adult Day Care Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$490,000 No additional sponsors indicated Henderson/Las Vegas, Nevada
View earmark details 2008 National Association of Police Athletics/Activities Leagues, Inc. (PAL), for law enforcement officials to participate in after school programs to prevent juvenile crime and violence using recreational activities and mentoring
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$0 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (-NY)
Sen. Dick Durbin (-IL)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (-UT)
...more
Jupiter, Florida National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues Inc.
View earmark details 2008 National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$940,000 Rep. Rosa DeLauro (-CT)
Sen. Dean Heller (-NV)
Rep. Jon Porter (-NV)
...more
Reno, Nevada National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
View earmark details 2009 National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Judicial Education, Research & Technical Assistance
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$1,800,000 alert Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)
Sen. Harry Reid (-NV)
Rep. John Conyers (-MI)
...more
Reno, Nevada National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
View earmark details 2009 National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$5,019,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (-CA)
...more
New York, New York Council for Economic Education
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